Láadan: A Feminist Language Designed to Convery Female Experiences | The Swaddle

In the fall of 1981, feminist, linguist and science-fiction author Suzette Haden Elgin was nursing a few questions.If existing human languages, by virtue of being historically built by men, are taken to be inadequate to express women’s perceptions and experiences, then, what mechanism do women have left at their disposal to even discuss their problems, if not for those very languages alleged to be inadequate?

Source: Láadan: A Feminist Language Designed to Convery Female Experiences | The Swaddle

Dick, Kerr Ladies attracted 53,000 fans on Boxing Day 100 years ago. A year later, they were banned – ABC News

The Dick, Kerr Ladies football team attracted 53,000 fans to Everton’s Goodison Park on Boxing Day 1920. But instead of being used as proof of women’s football’s popularity, it turned out to be the beginning of the end.

Throughout 1921, the matches came thick and fast for Dick, Kerr Ladies, but storm clouds were brewing for the women’s game.

League football had resumed in 1919 after the Great War, with men coming back from the front to resume their former lives.

However, in every aspect of life in 1920’s Britain, women were finding their voice in society. Suffrage had been granted to women over the age of 30 in 1918 — although genuine equality only came in 1928 with universal suffrage for those aged over 21.

However, in sport, patriarchy still ruled.

On December 5, 1921, just under a year after the spectacularly successful match at Goodison Park, the Football Association (FA) banned women from using its grounds, saying football was “quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged”.

The FA did not recognise women’s football again in any form until 1969, almost 50 years later.

Source: Dick, Kerr Ladies attracted 53,000 fans on Boxing Day 100 years ago. A year later, they were banned – ABC News

Number of UK Murderers Identifying as Transgender Doubles in 4 Years | Women Are Human

UK — . According to Ministry of Justice figures, 20 convicted murderers told prison authorities last year that they are transgender, more than doubling the number who made this claim in 2016 (nine convicted murderers claimed to be transgender four years ago). The Daily Mail notes that these figures “will intensify suspicion that some violent […]

Source: Number of UK Murderers Identifying as Transgender Doubles in 4 Years | Women Are Human

Male transgenderism is sexism on steroids | Josephine Bartosch | The Critic Magazine

The idea of cultural appropriation, that is to say when someone from a privileged group adopts the attributes of a subordinated one, is beloved by the bien pensant. Guardian columns on the ethics of white people with dreadlocks are shared by those desperate to display their right-on credentials. And yet, curiously, when men appropriate the clothes that women are culturally expected to wear, they are celebrated as brave.

There is no fanfare for the women, in particular those of a certain age, who ditch hair dyes, make-up and heels. Arguably women who don’t care to sport the uncomfortable trappings of femininity could be deemed “non-binary” and yet they remain resolutely unfashionable. It seems men are able to break gender stereotypes by embracing them, the likes of Eddie Izzard strutting in heels are just so much more progressive than boring old vulva-owners in flat shoes.

It might seem mean-spirited not to use the preferred pronouns of someone who identifies as transgender, but it should be remembered pronouns do not refer to masculine or feminine behaviour, they demark sex. And furthermore, they are chosen by the person referring to the subject. Such linguistic choices are no longer a matter of free expression; the threat of legal action and social sanction are used to compel speech. Nonetheless, we are expected to believe that it is the gender fascists who are on the right-side of history.

With exquisite concision, feminist scholar Professor Sheila Jeffreys dubbed transgenderism a “men’s sexual rights movement.” She posits that it is women’s subordinate social status that some men with masochistic tendencies find arousing. Far from being a progressive step toward breaking down sexist stereotypes, the thrill men gain from identifying as the other sex, whether by being in “girl mode” or having surgery, depends upon men maintaining their dominant status in society. In essence, male transgenderism is invested in the erotization of women’s subordinate social position; it is sexism on steroids.

Source: Male transgenderism is sexism on steroids | Josephine Bartosch | The Critic Magazine

Cyber bullies forced to apologise to victims under ‘world-first’ safety laws

Cyber bullies could face $110,000 fines, and adults bullying children online could be obliged to apologise to their victims, under an online safety act.

Source: Cyber bullies forced to apologise to victims under ‘world-first’ safety laws

People have the ‘right to offend’ and to ‘abuse another’ without fear of arrest, UK court rules

English judges have insisted that freedom of speech includes the “right to offend” and to “abuse another” without police investigation after Twitter troll Kate Scottow was arrested for targeting a trans woman.

Source: People have the ‘right to offend’ and to ‘abuse another’ without fear of arrest, UK court rules

Collective action – The Gender Dissidents Survey

The biggest negative consequence if I’m honest is that I have lost faith in almost all institutions’ ability or even desire to uphold women’s rights; politics, the media, academia and the wider professional classes.

Many of the people wrote about groups, projects and organisations they are involved in. Most of these have been developed in the past few years as informal groups, while the established parts of civil society have failed to address the issues.

Source: Collective action – The Gender Dissidents Survey

The gender heretics are finally winning the TERF wars – spiked

2020 was full of victories for common sense over trans lunacy.

Despite threats to cancel her and considerable harassment, Rowling emerged from the nightmare fantasy world of trolls and gender dementors as a real-world heroine.

The ideology of ‘gender identity’ extends far beyond social media. It has the backing of international NGOs, pharmaceutical companies and even the UN. But this year, grassroots activists all over the world came together to fight against the idea that identity trumps material reality. The Declaration on Women’s Sex-Based Rights was founded by academics and activists in the UK and it now has sister groups pushing back against transgender ideology from as far afield as the Bahamas and Sweden.

There have also been some historic legal defeats for the identitarians. In April, Freddy McConnell, a female who identifies as a trans man, gave birth in the usual way to a baby and was then disappointed to lose an appeal to be registered as the child’s father. In other news, Christie Elan-Cane, who identifies as non-binary, lost a case at the Court of Appeal to have a gender-neutral option on passports.

Arguably the most significant victory for common sense this year has been the case of Keira Bell and ‘Mum A’ against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Source: The gender heretics are finally winning the TERF wars – spiked

Transgender Serial Criminal Offender Arrested for Rape, Sodomy of Pre-Pubescent Girls | Women Are Human

US — Sweet Home, Oregon. A 39-year-old serial criminal offender who self-identifies as a woman has recently been charged with multiple sexual offenses against pre-pubescent children. Alanna Nicole Partin, who was granted a legal name change from Nicholas Jon Partin in 2014, is accused in 2019 incidents in which a girl younger than eight and a girl younger than five were victimized.
Six years ago, Mr Partin described himself as a “a transgender male to female” before Clackamas County Circuit Court when seeking the name change, but has claimed in several recent criminal court appearances that Alanna Nicole Patin is not a living person but a business entity registered in the state of Minnesota.

Source: Transgender Serial Criminal Offender Arrested for Rape, Sodomy of Pre-Pubescent Girls | Women Are Human

What the Craig McLachlan verdict says about respectful workplaces | ArtsHub Australia

Magistrate Wallington concluded that the acts did take place, but, applying the laws of 2014, they could not be proven to ‘a criminal standard’ and there was not enough evidence to prove McLachlan ‘understood he did not have consent’.

Source: What the Craig McLachlan verdict says about respectful workplaces | ArtsHub Australia